My Hitman System
Chapter 176 - 176: Rushing to Sleep (E)

A few minutes were left until nine o'clock.

Four bodies were sprawled on the sand.

Dirt had covered all their clothes and the grainy sand stuck to their skin like glue.

Heaving for air their chests expanded and relaxed at a massive rate and their vision was all blurry.

The reason for their current situation was standing right beside them and smoking a cigarette.

"I love smoking after giving trainees a good beating," Brown muttered while sitting on the small steps which led to his hut's entrance.

'…'

'…'

'I'll get him next time!' Shadow clicked his tongue while Fana and Specy had already accepted their defeat.

Meanwhile, other thoughts were going around in Jin's mind.

'He's so strong!' Jin thought to himself as a string of blood slid down his mouth.

Since he was the best among the other three in close combat, Brown naturally took extra care of Jin.

However, there was no trace of disappointment on his face, but only excitement.

He had been taking close combat for granted these days. He had bought an item from the system store ages ago which had helped him become skilled in many martial arts.

With knowledge comes confidence and if left unchecked it turns into arrogance.

Over time, the same happened with Jin. He stopped using his shadow dummy to train, thinking that what he knew was enough.

This arrogance which Jin had was shattered, and with that, a new world was opened for him.

'There's so much more to learn in combat,' Jin muttered and opened his system store.

-x-x-x-x-SYSTEM STORE-x-x-x-x-

Items

[Same as before]

Skill Set

1) Sky Diving Knowledge – A grade [Max]

2) Swift Steps – C grade [Upgrade: 2000 KP]

3) IT Knowledge – E grade [Upgrade: 1000 KP]

4) Marksmanship – B grade [Upgrade: 2500 KP]

5) Close Quarter Combat – A grade [Upgrade: 90,000 KP]

Balance: 23,100 KP

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-END-x-x-x-x-x-x-

'There's something above A grade as well?' Jin thought. He wanted to laugh when he saw the number of points he needed to upgrade it.

'Isn't it the same as saying do it yourself?' Jin lampooned.

He thought back on how Brown had fought with him and everyone else. At first, it was just a one-on-one with each where after everyone tasted their first defeat in Brown's hands.

What followed after was a one-hour lecture by Brown on how they all could reach their next level.

And in the last hour, they were allowed to attack Brown in a group. The most they were able to do there was to make Brown break a sweat as soon all their attack got countered and they fell to the ground defeated and exhausted.

"Catch your breaths, in five minutes I'll start with your next training," Brown muttered.

"But what about our dinner?" Specy didn't forget to point out something important.

"Oh, I forgot to mention this earlier, during this entire month you'll only be getting one meal per day," Brown told them.

"That's unfair! We won't be able to perform our best that way," Shadow complained.

"That's what this one month will change. You won't be able to perform your best you say? That's crap! It's all here"

Brown pointed to his head and continued,

"You train your mind to give your best even though you're hungry, sleep deprived, injured and all the other bull shit. That's what you need to do since that's what an assassin does."

Brown's words subdued any thoughts of indignance in everyone's mind.

Seeing this Brown flicked the cigarette bud to the side and stood up.

"Breaks over! Stand up everyone," Hearing Brown's words everyone picked their exhausted self up.

They were so exhausted that if they could, they would all drop to the ground the very next moment and fall asleep, but sleep was a luxury they couldn't afford at the moment.

Sighing they could only force themselves to stay awake.

"Your next and last training is Stealth. Here's how it will go. I'll drop you four in North, East, South and West directions with the Oasis as the centre.

Each drop point will be five kilometres away from the Oasis. Within this five-kilometre radius circle, I'll be roaming around aimlessly from one place to another.

Every 15 minutes I'll be firing a shot to indicate my position. Your task is simple. Find me and tap me. The one who succeeds will no longer need to appear for stealth training this month and could use this time to get some extra sleep. Pretty enticing, isn't it?" Brown chuckled.

"You bet it is!" Shadow exclaimed in excitement.

Specy clenched his fists and his eyes were no longer as drowsy as before.

Fana and Jin, too, were full of anticipation and desired to get that extra sleep in.

"Let's go then," Brown turned on his SUV and called them all in.

When all of them sat, the SUV blasted through the desert at great speed.

While driving Brown instructed, "After I've dropped you all I'll drive my car to a random point within the circle and get out.

At this point, you'll be hearing my first shot. It will also mean that the countdown has started and you have only three hours to find me. All clear?" Brown asked.

"Yes, sir," Everyone responded.

Brown nodded and focused back on driving. The SUV stopped at the first spot.

"Ice, get down here," Brown told.

Ice nodded and got out. The SUV left soon after. Like this in a sequential manner Specy, Shadow and lastly Jin were dropped at their respective points.

A few minutes passed. They were all waiting at their spots since rushing in the wrong direction would only delay them.

Patiently, they all waited for a gunshot to be heard as the cold winds of the desert whistled past their ears.

BANG!

Hearing the sound they all started rushing towards its source with all their might.

The last training of the day had begun and they all desperately made their way towards Brown all in the hope of winning the elusive chance of getting more sleep.